Dave,

Thanks for that. It points me in the right direction as l have some VBA code
that does exactly that.

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Excel creates its own names.

Extract can be created by running data|Filter|advanced filter (and
extracting
that list to a new range).

Michael Beckinsale wrote:

Hi All,

I have some named ranges that appear (using Karl Patriese's Name Manager)
that l have not created. An example is:

List_Estab!Extract =List_Estab!$AG:$AG

the strange thing is that all of named ranges that l have not created
myself
have the suffix 'Extract'

1) Are these system generated named ranges? (KP's Name Manager tells
me
they are not)
2) What causes them to be generated?
3) Using KP's name manager l am told that they are not used in any
formula's (apart from testing INDIRECT function, which l have not used)
so
can l delete them?

This was highlighted when l was trying to reduce the workbook size and
noticed that l hade a named ranged containing cells.

All information gratefully received

Regards

Michael Beckinsale

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Dave Peterson